| Tools | Notes |
| Carpenter’s Tool Belt | Comfortable enough to wear all day, lots of employees use tool belt suspenders/shoulder straps. Large enough pockets for tools + some fasteners. |
| Torpedo level | 6″ or 8″ |
| Framing and Finishing hammer | One for bashing, one for finer work. |
| Speed square | |
| Wood chisel | Handy to have a sharp chisel in your pouch. Make sure the blade is protected. |
| Carpenters pencils | Bring extras. |
| Colored Ink Marker | Red sharpie is good. |
| 2 tape measures | 25′ stanley fat max or similar recommended. |
| Tin Snips | Yellow (straight cut). Red & Green (left and right cut) optional. |
| Olfa knife | |
| Self-retractable blade knife | Some camps only allow self-retractable blade knives. |
| Nail bar (cat’s paw) | |
| Small red trim bar | Painters bar / glazer bar / pry bar. |
| Adjustable crescent wrench | |
| Side cutter pliers | |
| Small adjustable groove-lock pliers | Super handy to manipulate sharp or hard to grasp materials. |
| Cordless Impact Driver w/ multiple batteries | Mandatory. Tool belt attachment or holster is very handy. |
| Cordless Tool set | Optional but useful (drill, recip saw, skill saw, radio …) |
| Impact Driver bits | Most commonly the #2 (Red) Robertson, but be prepared with all sizes |
| Impact Driver hex-head bits | For tin fasteners + lag bolts. Most commonly use the 1/4″, 3/8″, 1/2″ + 9/16″. |
